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4j 10 THE ; OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17. 1919. John B. Booze Talking: "I Can Lick Any One Guy But Not a While lotion" :- We've a many a I"S 4mm ana Jack fall whan may maant aamctrilng, hut notltlne pleaaaa tha M paekathoe mora than lha fall of Lard Egg. "Nat tonal Lsau Zimmerman's Aim. an avanlne haddllna, wtitch toad ona to tiapa that Hal na to a hatter shooter than- a batw-unnar. AGREEMENT SCRAP OF PAPER; MINORS WILL TROT SINGLE Except for-Agreements on Ter ritorial Rights and Player Con tracts, Big and Little Organizations Are Parfed for First Time . Since 1903; Three-Man Commission to Continue for Period. "6 . . va f. By Jack Veiock NEW YORK, Jan. 17. (I. N. S.) The national agreement the compact which lias been the backbone of organized - baseball since VM'.i, is but a scrap of paper. " Henceforth the minor leagues will go it alone, independent of .the majors, except for certain agreements as to territorial rights "and the respecting of player contracts. '-"The minors have won their fight for independence and they are satisfied. " The "grace" with which the majors consented to part company with their little brothers came as a big surprise, but it is evident today that. the major leaguers believe the new system is well worth trying out. There is no indication that a baseball war will follow v the severance of relations. The ballplayer who comfs ui" to the major leagues In thp future mil . ' f ome over the direct puroha.se route. No more players will be rtraftrd. from the little feiluw and the minor league magnates will en- ' Joy the privilege of keeping their ball club intact if they ne fit. Won't Hold Tli em Hack It 1h not the Intention of the minor leaguer to hold deserving players back, however. King-leaders among them claim that conditions" will Ikj adjusted which wilt be crfectly fair , to the player. For the time beinp. the minors will work with the majors as in the past. But their loaders are busy today lining up plana for strength ening their organization. The 'minor league today will continue to be known as the National association. fj Things Pointed to Split - ' .Had lhe major leagues tak?n occa ". nidn t6 fight the demands of the minors, there would have been a KpHt-up Just the same. Joe Tinker of the Columbus olub, and Al Tier ,ney, chairman of tlie minor league committee, said the minors were : ready to pull away and wanted their freedom. They claim that 50 per cent of the minor league club own ecu were ready to quit unless they nun won their battle. j,'. The national commission, which hag so long conducted the affairs of the majors, is going to continue in power, and it is considered doubt ful whether or not there will be a Dingle change In Its personnel. Han . Johnson won a victory in his fight for the continuance of the three man tribunal, and it looks today as '. though August Herrmann will con ; tinue In power. Herrmann will re :. main as chairman indefinitely, though committees will be appointed to select a new candidate. May Kick Salary lp The storm of unfavorable eom ment which followed the action of the National league In setting a . Balary limit of $11,000 a month for Y the 1319 ceason is expected to bring : about a change in plans. It is be lieved that the ruling will be re scinded. . Manager John McOraw of the - ' Giants says the rule will never stand. "Personally, I can't "see the al- ; ary limit for a minute." said Mc ' ' u Oraw today. 'In ray estimation, it " will never be put in force." - The American league will hold its '. annual schedule meeting at the j Biltmore. today. j " day ahead of his Portland bout with J Johnny t'ashill. j ? And, finally. Kvans opened a yel j low envelope containing a wire from -- Phil Glossman, asking him to ar j, , range half a dozen bouts in the I . . Northwest with Lou Tendler. the j I Philadelphia crack, who is conslder J . ed Benny Leonard's chief lightweight ' opponent. Tendler wants two bouts : In Portland, if possible. Kvans will talk it over with Salt and Shanklin when he goes to Seattle Sunday. Harvard Star Is Finally Listed Killed in July Bostoa, Man, Jan. IT. (I. If. 8.) Missing stare last July, Lleaten ant George McKlalork, star back on the Harvard football team of 1911.1d, and well "know a athlete Is bow officially reported an having been killed In action. His home was In Lake Forest, 111. During the midst of terrific fight ing he was dispatched on a danger ous mission from which he failed to return. PLAYING in "big league" form, IraC Thomas defeated i-.. C. Archer 25 to 21. in one f the best three-cushion games ever sSaced here, at the Rialto Parlors Thursday night. Thomas sei a new high record for tournaments when he ran seven three-cushion shots in a row. The best previous run was six billiards. Not content with dis tinguishing himself with a high run of seven billiards, Thomas also ran up four runs of three. He completed game in 52 innings. Four other matches were played Thursday, resulting as follows: Class A : Joe Davidson defeated T. M. "Dad" Howland. 30 to 17; class B: J. J. O'Brien defeated A. Welch. 25 to 13 ; class C : P. Brown defeated K. M. Hutton, 20 to 14, and J. Unger defeated F. Setrit, 20 to 11 billiards. Davidson ran game in 68 innings against Howland. The latter is a 35 point man in class A, but did not put up his usual strong game Thursday night. "Brown scored a high run of 5 in his match with Hutton and ran the 20 billiards in 58 innings. Unger went him a few better in his match with F. Setrit. making the 20 billiards in 53 innings. Setrit scored high run of three. All of the games were excep tionally fast. RING BODY DELAYS IN SUPPORT Boxing Commission Unable to Agree on Whether to Indorse Private Promoter or Charity. Tod- Weds, Which Means Tod' Buys Fodder for 2 Now University of Oregon, Eugene, Janu ary 18. Harold "B'od" Slaison, star third baseman of the Oregon nine two years ago. and well known in other branches of varsity sportdom. will not return to Oregon's diamond this year because of the fact that he was mar ried Wednesday, to Miss Zoe Cornett. a freshman 'at the university last year. "Fod" was a Junior last year, leav ing school in the spring to enlist. He has since received his commission in aviation and has been flying In this country for several months. He and Mrs. Maison are in Eugene visiting now on their way to California, where he has accepted a position. Mrs. Maison's home is at Prineville. The marriage occurred- at the groom's home in Portland, and comes as a sur prise to their many university friends. Miss Molla Bjurstedt for the third successive year heads the women's lawn tennis players' ranking list. By It. A. C Rural uhich was to have been sponsored by the loxing commission, allowing 10 roiinrV bouts in Oregon, with a referee's decision, and with the clubs in the hands of private promoters, will not go through. It appears that there is a split in the ranks of the commission over that bill and the .indorsement of the so called McFarland bill, which would eliminate the private promoter, put the conduct of boxing in the hands of a city commission, as at present in Port land, and give the net receipts to charity. Charity Idea Woald Appeal V With the proper men at the head of Much a commission in any city of the ttate that desires boxing, the charity idea will appeal to the fans. 4 One feature of the charity measure from the standpoint of the fan, is the lack of competition, which is the life of the game. Each private promoter tries to outdo his rival, and even though he loses money on the show, the fans get the benefit. However,; an efficient matchmaker under tin; ' MrKarla :d bill, might i.t-ep interest at the highest pitch in provid ing cards of increasing interest. The fans themselves are the barometer and any charity outside of the patriotic one of helping the returned soldier, will hardly be benefited unless the fan is given a run for his money. As long as high class talent is provided the fan will go to the boxing matches, even though the net receipts go to provide new rings for the beezers of the resi dents of Borneo. Commission Delays Support The commission at its Thursday night meeting decided to let the matter rest until Dr. Oellert, who is leaving for California, could have a talk with Sec retary Walter Honeyman, who iinow in San Francisco, following which the commission will take a definite stand to get behind the private promoter Dill or the charity boxing measure. It is understood that some of the old time promoters, who spent their money and put the game on its feet here, only to see the boxing commission take it over and apply the net receipts to the Oregon soldiers' and sailors' fund, are ready to lend their support to the char ily bill, on the ground that they would be crowded out, anyhow, if the bill ready for presentation in the senate from Multnomah county passed and placed the promoting in the hands of two clubs. There has been a certain amount of suspicion that the two clubs would be divided among members of the present boxing commission, who would like to embark in the boxing game be hind camouflaged clubs. However, this is hard to verify, for the boxing com missioners say that somebody is jealous of their success and is causing the ru mors to float on the morning breeze. Rangers Win Glasgow Cup The Ranger's soccer team of Glasgow. Scotland, have for the thirteenth time captured the Glasgow cup. PORTLAND BOXERS IN GREAT DEMAND THROUGHOUT LAND Manager Bobby Evans Has Received Call for His Stable to Bat tle in Alberta, Great Southwes t and. the Prosperous North west; Lew Tendler Asks for Dates in Portland. - By R. A. Cronin THE facets on "Diamond Bob" Evans' joolery sprinkled blue, red, orange and green! shafts of light all over the Evans' physiog Thursday and completely camouflaged the spaghet ti as it untangled itself deftlike from the Evans fork and disap peared behind the Evans ivory at Leighton's Athletic club. Evans was about the city exhibiting1 a pawf ul of letters and telegrams with ramifications covering an eccentric ellipse en compassing Philadelphia, Edmonton, Portland and Brownsville (not the Oregon town but a burg in Texas). All of which leads the ubiquitous Evans to think that ''his fame as a manager of boxers and matchmaker has spread like the flu to the remote corners of the north temperate zone. 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Alder The most remarkable thing about the whole business is that Evans hasn't a champion in his stable, yet by the ebullient (accent on the bull) line of talk that he poured forth the promoters fell head over heels In their efforts to sign up the stabl , including the currycomb, halters, mange cure and hypodermic needle. Caruso Dan Listens In- the first place the omnipresent young Evans got the ear of Dan Salt of Seattle, and when Dan hung up the receiver Kid Herman had re placed Harry Anderson as the op ponent January 21 in Seattle of Johnny McCarthy, Muff Bronson had been signed to joust with Chet Neff or Frankie Tucker, and Billy Ryan to cavort with Bud Kidley. Then the proximous Kvans opened a telegram from Dick Turpin, the Brownsville promoter, and read where the long horn wanted the serv ices of Billy Mascott in two 10 lound contests, one with Johnny Coulon, former bantam champion, and now boxing instructor at the cantonment there ; the other with Bobby Burns, the southern bantam. It will be no new thing for Mascott to crawl into a ring with Coulon, as he met JoJinny twice here a couple of winters ago in the old four-round trail. Burns will be a stranger. Two Wanted In North Shifting from the warmth of the South to the chill of the North, we find that Evans has lined up bouts for Tillle Kid Herman and Muff Bronson with Kid Scaler's clubs in Calgary. . There will be three whirls for the Mexican, four rounds at Cal gary, 10 rounds with a middleweight named Ross at Edmonton and a scrap at Lethbridge. For Bronson, the biggest chance of the year is available, a bout with Clonie Tait, lightweight champion of Canada. This will be in line with Muff's intention of visiting his home at Winnipeg in the near future. Bronson was at the ticket office yesterday preparing to purchase two for San Francisco, one for the bet ter half, when Evans chanced to drop in to send a ticket to San Jose to Herman and talked Muff out of his intention. Shanklin After Fair On top of all this Evans has been in communication with George Shanklin, the Tacoma promoter, who is figuring on using "a d-uet of the Evans" performers for his card the first week in February, choosing from Herman, Bronson and Span ish Joe Gorman. Gorman could have shown in Tacoma next week but Evans didn't want to send him In a Harry Anderson To Box McCarthy In North Again Seattle, Jan. 16. (I. N. -S.) Harry Anderson has been matched for a re turn battle with Johnny McCarthy of San Francisco, according to announce ment made here today. Anderson is anxious to prove that his draw decision wi,th the southerner at least can be re peated and perhaps turned into a win for the Seattleite. Anderson also probably will be pitted against Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, in an exhibition match' when the title holder comes here next month. Joe Gorman of Portland is trying to get a match here and it is expected he will be pitted against Bobby Harper or some other good 128 pounder. George Sislef First Brown Within "Ring New York, Jan. 17. (I. N. S.) George Sisler signed a contract for next season yesterday, according to a statement of Bob Quinn, business manager of the St. Louis Browns. Men Who Know Clothing Values Appreciate This 10 OFF Why? Because they know it means a bona fide saving on prices that are already lower than the clearance sale prices of the average clothing house. FACT! ' " jLyi Overcoats ! ! T,''"A ' , ii I 1 f h. Suits The very same line of 'garments that has made this store famous up and down the coast. Any man who has been a customer of ours would not hesitate 'to advise his friend to come here. Look around you! Compare! Never a Misstatement in Our Advertising We Close at 8 P. M. Saturday Union Store fh i cd and Aid THE Jefferson high school basketball quintet defeated the Hill Military Academy team Thursday afternoon on the Jefferson floor by the score of SO to 8. The guarding of the Blue and Gold team was excellent, the cadets convert ing but one goal from the field. Pollard making the basket In the second half after he had replaced Dagg. Smith and Coulter, two of the best players of the Jefferson team, were out of the game. Burton and Froud were the high point scorers for the winners, each making eight points. The line-up : Jefferson ' Pon. ' Hill Burton. 8 F (4) Hejrden Kroude (8) K Ball Andi-num (6) V PkKg LOUDUDB , . Ki Dy (nmm (I Berger Steele (2) Spare (4) Pollard Dodderidea (4) Spare. . Page lousey ij Spare Referee Anderson. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club basketball qaintet. will line-up against the Oregon Aggies Saturday night at Corvallis. Manager George Dewey has beea putting his players through a series of hard workouts in preparation for the Aggie contest. This game will mafk the opening of the O. A. C. season and a hard-fought contest Is expected. Dewey plans to take eight players to Corvallis. return game with the Ag gies will bf played a week from Satur day night on the Multnomah floor. The South Parkway basketball quin tet is practicing for Its contest with the "Fighting Medics" of Camp dL,ewis on the Y. M. C. A. floor new Tuesday night, The Nob Hill quintet, composed of In terscholastic league players, is desirous of arranging a game with the South Parkway team. Dave Wright, of the Lincoln high school, is the manager of the Nob Hill players. PORTLAND MOGUL FAVORS DRAFT BUT BREAK SATISFIES Judge McCredie's Record in Sending Players to Big Leagues Shows He Never Stood in Their Wayj Coast League Could Wreck Big Show If War Came. MINGLING with the magnates at the New York meetiner : Th Yankn. Red Sox and Browns are bidding for Bobby Roth, of Cleveland. Ty Cobb, who arrived here to talk terms with Hughie Jennings, says he will play ball if Detroit meets his de mands. He declines- to name his figure. Ernie Shore and Dutch Leonard have advised the Yankee management that they are ready to talk about signing the papers. Won't Fly From Seattle ' W. E. Boeing of 'Seattle has wired President Graham Gless of the Waver ley Golf club, that he will be unable to make his contemplated flight from Se attle to Portland Saturday, owing to the fact that the Seattle factory is turning out so many seaplanes that It is unable to give any attention to the land planes at present. Boeing says he will make the flight later. Columbia university wants a stadium for greater athletic competition. TTHE more I thjnk about the situation brought about by the I . split between the majors and minors, the better it looks to me and the more I think it will help baseball all around," said Judge McCredie. ' " - v "The draft has never7 found the Portland club in the position ot opponents, for a look at our past record will show that' we ncveF stood in the way of a baseball player ready to advance into the majors. In fact, Portland has sent more players to the majors since the McCredies have been in baseball than any.-other club in the game. ' ' "Our policy was always to let 'em go where they could benefit themselves. The elimination of the draft doesn't 'give a chance to the ball plaver where a club owner has no interest in the player" other than in his services, f know of one. ball plajyer of major league caliber who for 10 years was a major league pitcher and, , each year a draft was put in for him, but some other player was always lucky to be drawn. However, I believe the policy of the last few years on the part of other club owners is to send the boys up when they are ripe, regardless of the sale price. "I don't think there will be a baseball war, for it would ruin all the minoi league clubs but the Coast league, which is too far away from the center of activities to be harmed. Coast Coald Beat Majors "The Coast league was the only league in the history of the game that dictated conditions to the ma jors when It entered organized baseball in 1903, after going inde pendent. The circuit with Seattle and Portland added, la big enough' to fight the majors and we could afford to take 60 per cent of their players away from, them Ifwe wanted to go out and skirmish for ourselves. "The only ones we could not take would be their high priced stars. Sixty per cent of the players In the majors get no mora--salary than they do in the Coast league and we can run a month or- two longer out here, all of which is attractive to. the ball player. . Player Limit Too Large "The 21 or 20 player limit Is all right. The majors need have no fear that a minor league club will hold up with more players than the majors, for no club can keep up a salary roll greater than the gate receipts. - A few angels may be found, who will shell out the coin, but after a year or so they get tired. There is no danger to the majors of j any serious trouble in this respect, for ho minor league ' can prosper with more than 18 men on a club. 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